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ОТ ГОРШКА ДВА (ТРИ) ВЕРШКА coll NP these forms only usu. predic with subj: human, often omitted fixed WO

(of a child or, less often, an adult) very small in height

knee-high to a grasshopper

a little bit of a thing peewee half pint pint-size ( NP) (accompanied by the gesture of placing the hand at a level indicating a short height) no bigger

taller, higher) than this.

«Вон слыхал про Мамлакат, от горшка два вершка, а с самим вождём за ручку здоровкается ( ungrammat = здоровается)» (Максимов 2). "You've heard about Mamlakat-only knee-high to a grasshopper she was, but she got to meet Stalin" (2a).

...Вершок» is an old unit of linear measurement equal to 4.4 cm.